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Trickster1992 
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 Posted: 09:08PM Oct 23, 2008 |
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What defines a question as "stupid"?
Oh and people, please stay on topic 
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Steve1973
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Posted: 12:48AM Oct 24, 2008 |
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I think the definition of "stupid" would define a question as "stupid."
Stupid:
1. lacking in common sense or intelligence
2. trivial, silly, or childish
So questions that are lacking in common sense or intelligence; are trivial, silly, or childish; are stupid questions.
"How do I eat a M&M?"
"Now that's just a STUPID question! Eat it like you would anything else. First you peel it, and then you eat the goodies on the inside of it! SHEESH!"
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iforgotbraingle
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Posted: 08:54AM Oct 24, 2008 |
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"Fred, what is your name?"
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Trickster1992
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Posted: 09:36AM Oct 24, 2008 |
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But neither of those are STUPID questions. The first is not a stupid question, because what if somebody has never seen an M&M and their friends told them they arent supposed to eat the coloured stuff?
And "Fred, what is your name?" is not really a stupid question, because obviously the person asking already knows the answer. That's more like a rhetorical question.
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iforgotbraingle
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Posted: 12:55PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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On a written test:
1. How do you spell BUSH, CLINTON and NIXON?
Bush_____________
Clinton___________
Nixon_____________
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Trickster1992
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Posted: 01:29PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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Also not a stupid question.
That was phrased as a demand, not as a question. I see "Spell these names" not "How do you spell these names?"
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Posted: 01:46PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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Jill, an educated American who speaks fluent English and graduated high school asks, "Um... like I totally forgot, o-m-g, what is like two times three?"
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Posted: 02:21PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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I was working at a pizza place a while ago. It has the pizza smell, people eating pizza, a big sign saying New York Pizza, and a big menu.
This girl comes in and asks me, "Do you guys have pizza?"
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Trickster1992
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Posted: 04:04PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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TRILLIONAIRE wrote: Jill, an educated American who speaks fluent English and graduated high school asks, "Um... like I totally forgot, o-m-g, what is like two times three?"
There are only three explanations for such an occurrence that I can think up. One being that Jill is mentally retarded, thus this cannot qualify as a stupid question to me since she has no choice over it. Two being that Jill is mocking somebody, thus this cannot qualify as a stupid question since it's a mockery and not really a question. Three being that Jill is tutoring some kid and trying to be funny, and again this can't register with me as a stupid question.
Pretty much the same for Cam's girl's question. She was either joking or mentally retarded. Either way, not a stupid question.
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Trickster1992
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Posted: 04:06PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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iforgotbraingle wrote: Trickster1992 wrote: Also not a stupid question.
That was phrased as a demand, not as a question. I see "Spell these names" not "How do you spell these names?"
It was phrased as a question
Don't think me stupid, 303. I have better memory than that, can't be fooled that easy. You edited the post to phrase it as a question. The original way you posted it, was not phrased as a question. Thus I will remember it as not being phrased as a question. Got it? Good. Nice try though.
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iforgotbraingle
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Posted: 04:12PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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Trickster1992 wrote: iforgotbraingle wrote: Trickster1992 wrote: Also not a stupid question.
That was phrased as a demand, not as a question. I see "Spell these names" not "How do you spell these names?"
It was phrased as a question
Don't think me stupid, 303. I have better memory than that, can't be fooled that easy. You edited the post to phrase it as a question. The original way you posted it, was not phrased as a question. Thus I will remember it as not being phrased as a question. Got it? Good. Nice try though.
Now your quoting nonexistant posts!
And who/what is 303?
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grilledcheese
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Posted: 06:02PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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She wasn't joking and she wasn't mentally retarded.
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iforgotbraingle
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Posted: 07:20PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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Impossible.
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Trickster1992
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Posted: 08:50PM Oct 24, 2008 |
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grilledcheese wrote: She wasn't joking and she wasn't mentally retarded.
Yeah this is impossible. She had to have been one or the other, unless you just completely made the whole thing up.
OR
it's a trick.
You never said that she walked into the pizza place! You just said she walked in. She couldve walked into your house.
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iforgotbraingle
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Posted: 10:50AM Oct 25, 2008 |
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grilledcheese wrote: I was working at a pizza place a while ago. It has the pizza smell, people eating pizza, a big sign saying New York Pizza, and a big menu.
This girl comes in and asks me, "Do you guys have pizza?"
Possiblities.
1. She's joking
2. She's stupid
3. She's mocking you
4. She accidentally picked the wrong word.
All do not make it a stupid question. You eliminated 1 and 2. So it is either 3 or 4.
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Posted: 03:27PM Oct 25, 2008 |
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At my school's library, kids commonly ask the librarian: "Can I sign out a book?"
You are in the bathroom. Someone knocks on the door and asks, "Can I come in?"
"Are you stupid?"
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iforgotbraingle
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Posted: 06:54PM Oct 25, 2008 |
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The first question is just a way of saying you wanna check the book out. The second is just something to say.
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Trickster1992
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Posted: 12:19AM Oct 26, 2008 |
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I think Bob gets the point.
Still haven't seen a stupid question here. Come on, can't anyone think of a stupid question? Can't be that hard considering all the times people say "What a stupid question!"
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Posted: 12:32AM Oct 26, 2008 |
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I think a stupid question can only be defined based on the context in which it was asked.
In Cam's example, that was indeed a stupid question.
Going into a library and asking if they have books is also a stupid question.
However, asking a bookstore if they carry children's books is not a stupid question, because it could be a specialty bookstore.
I'm sure I'd be able to think of better examples, but I'm too tired at the moment.
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